Patient Care

At UC San Francisco, we don’t just treat diseases, we treat individuals. We put our patients’ priorities at the center of our care, and strive for breakthrough discoveries so that we can improve people’s lives.

Research

UC San Francisco is leading revolutions in health – and those revolutions often start in the lab. From basic science to clinical research, we are constantly pushing scientific boundaries and earning worldwide recognition for our discoveries.

Education

At UC San Francisco, we encourage our students to approach health care issues with critical thinking and a spirit of inquiry. As tomorrow’s health and science leaders in training, UCSF students embody our passion for improving the human condition and pushing health care forward.

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Diabetes

Diabetes

A history of innovation and a vision of a cure drive UCSF’s leadership in diabetes. For nearly 80 years, many of the breakthrough discoveries in diabetes research have occurred in UCSF labs, including the cloning of the human insulin gene, which made possible the unlimited supply of synthetic insulin that now is used to manage the disease.

Patient Care

The UCSF Diabetes Center, which marked its 10-year anniversary in 2010, unites clinical care, basic science and clinical research, and education aspects of diabetes into a comprehensive program to improve the quality of life of those living with diabetes.

Research

UCSF has a long history at the forefront of diabetes research, and today basic and clinical research teams are continuing to lead the charge in the fight to advance scientific understanding, treatment options and ultimately, a cure for the disease.

Education

UCSF’s dedication to treating people with diabetes and to finding a cure is manifest in many of its educational programs. And the UCSF commitment to translational medicine is helping to draw graduate students who want to see a connection between their work in the laboratory and potential treatments to benefit patients.